libstdc++.a is missing

Question

Hello,

I'm working on a Ubuntu 8.04 / 32 bit (as virtual machine). While performing some makes on a project that is not min, I get the error:

g++: /usr/lib/libstdc++.a: No such file or directory

What should I do? the gcc package is installed through synaptic, what do i miss?

Thanks, Lucian

Answer 1

For Ubuntu 8.04 (aka hardy), you need to install the libstdc++6-4.2-dbg package.

$ sudo aptitude install libstdc++6-4.2-dbg

If you need to find files like this in future, install apt-file if it isn't already installed and use apt-file search.

$ sudo aptitude install apt-file
...
$ sudo apt-file search /usr/lib/libstdc++.a

Answer 2

It seems you are developing in C++, as "++" in the name of the library suggests. In this case, you'll need to install g++ as well, guess this will install the required library, among other things.

To install gcc, g++, and other utilities like make in one step, you can install build-essential meta-package.

You may also find these packages useful, as they install related documentation: glibc-doc manpages-dev gcc-4.2-doc libstdc++6-4.2-doc